Word: glamourization
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...time since Tony Blair's 1997 victory. That has infused Britain's Conservatives with a sensation so unfamiliar, they barely recognize it: optimism. Giddy at this turn of fortune, some are already mythologizing the man behind it. Iain Dale, who writes a Conservative blog, speaks of Cameron's "Kennedyesque glamour." Cameron and his wife Samantha - the daughter of a baronet, who sports a tattoo of a dolphin on her ankle - are among London's most sought-after party guests. Says Gregory Barker, a Tory M.P. and member of Cameron's campaign team: "People sniff Camelot...
...Hepburn, born on May 4, 1929, died 14 years ago today, and her ostensibly anachronistic glamour might have died with her. Yet it's that regality, along with her relentless generosity of spirit, that keeps her alive, burnishes her glow. Consider these recent reminders...
...Anyway, the camera loved her natural glamour: the doe eyes, the perfection and intelligence of her mouth. And she trusted the camera to capture the subtle shades of delight or disapproval - passion rendered with delicacy. In Sabrina she must spend most of her time hiding her true feelings from two men who can't decide if they love her. The whole enchanting performance, like so many that would follow, is a private conversation between Hepburn and her 35mm confidante...
...does the Hollywood Foreign Press Association bestow so many awards on the Brits? You might say: because the members are foreign. But no. They love Hollywood glamour, and gleefully toady to it all year, just like native-born journalists. I'd like to think it's because the Anglo actors give more amusingly articulate speeches. They have a 600-year jump on us in using the language, and we've never caught...
...Real Madrid starting lineup and in England's national squad, and Real had announced they would not renew his contract in the summer. Indeed, skeptics have long suggested that Real had signed Beckham from Manchester in the first place less for his on-field ability than for his global glamour-icon status, which would help the team sell replica gear all over the world. To be fair, Beckham earned his keep as a rather talented right-sided midfielder capable of providing pinpoint crosses to his forwards, and with an ability to bend free kicks around or over defensive walls that...